A review by robin_hood8
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Did not finish book. Stopped at 18%.
I was out after that nauseating monkey scene, literally why. Can't say I defined any deeper meaning to that degree of animal cruelty, but apparently Vuong can find a deeper meaning in just about anything. And I mean anything. The writing had me rolling my eyes, confused as to what the book was even about, and just plain bored. I had high hopes and I rarely abandon books, but this just wasn't working for me, especially after that horrible monkey scene. This book is not properly labeled or summarized in my opinion, as I had no idea of the violence, animal cruelty, graphic sex, drugs, etc. until I gave up on it and read some reviews. Major trigger warnings for just about everything, I regret wasting my time and money on this.
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